It’s the hottest part of the day so I’m taking a break. I’ve got the frame on the future camper now, most of it at least. Now I will turn my attention to the roof. The walls you see here are about 56 inches tall. I can stoop under the top boards as I pretend to go through the someday door. This clears the lowest part of the garage door by 7.5″ so I have 6″ to play with, giving 1.5″ for error. The lowest profile vent cover I’ve found is 2″ tall when closed so I have 4″ to work with. The camper will have a lifting roof that will raise enough that i can stand up in it at least most of the way. If for some reason I can’t pull that off, then I’ll just add enough to this so I can stand up and the forget about working in the garage.
Camper Build 6/3/2018
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I worked on the camper. Friday and much of Saturday I built wheel wells. Open boxes with exterior plywood on the you know exterior and the same ply that makes up the floor for the inside. Two layers of primer and another of the black enamel used for the trailer. There was a lot of work then wait. So i also picked up 2x2s to start the walls with. I ripped a inset in them so that they would match the thickness of the foam. Sunday I installed the wheel wells and then started the corners. The middle picture shows one side, the two back posts are pretty solid with their two angle brackets. The front ones only have one each so far so I need to be careful around them. That angle is trickier than a simple 90 degrees and but I’ll get it done.
Camper Build 5/27/2018
About 30 minutes ago I reached a milestone with the camper project. Here you see the floor glued and stapled down. It’s made up of plywood, rigid foam, and plywood. It would have been much easier to just use 3/4″ exterior plywood and be done with it but this should be just as strong or stronger and is insulated. Next I guess will be to polyurethane the living daylights out of the top and sides. There is a thing called “the mix” among camper builders where you mix polyurethane with mineral spirits to thin it and that soaks in really well to seal the wood forever. I will do that here.
I’ll also rip more 1x8s to make perfect 1″ lumber to match my rigid foam’s thickness as I start the walls.
